Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

April 21, 2020 @ 12:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Economic activity in Indonesia has slowed down significantly following the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. According to local reports, some businesses in the trillion-dollar economy have shut down completely. Peer to peer (P2P) lending platforms are also experiencing major challenges, which include having to deal with… Read More

April 20, 2020 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Sourced Capital is out with a release claiming the UK property market could experience a double-digit rate of decline for property values.  A recovery may take up to 5 years, according to the report. The company says the once-hot market has… Read More

April 19, 2020 @ 9:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Propetly, a UK-based property investing marketplace,  has successfully secured its initial £225,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. As previously reported, Propetly describes itself as a marketplace that allows property investors to find, evaluate and calculate their complete investment project. All projects… Read More

April 17, 2020 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, launched as FINRA regulated funding portal and now a broker-dealer offering the full stack of securities exemptions, has announced a new product to assist small businesses impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. According to NextSeed, the NextSeed Community Bridge Note (CBN) will leverage Regulation Crowdfunding… Read More

April 17, 2020 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an offshoot of AngelList and sister company to CoinList, has acquired FIG – a securities crowdfunding platform in the gaming space. Details of the acquisition were not immediately available. Founded by Justin Bailey, Republic states that he will stay actively involved as a Fig… Read More

April 17, 2020 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Lendio announced on Friday it facilitated more than 50,000 small businesses across the U.S. through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Lendio reported that PPP applications approved through its online marketplace and bank partnerships total more than $5.5 billion. As previously reported, the… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Robo.cash has distributed the results of a survey of European P2P investors inquiring about their financial results in 2019. Robo.cash reports that over half (52.8%) of the participants said that the alternative lending brought them the highest returns during 2019…. Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OpenInvest, a U.S.-based investing platform, announced on Thursday it secured $10.5 million through its Series A1 funding round, which was led by QED Investors with participation from SystemIQ, Resolute Investment Managers,and ABN AMRO Ventures. The latest found of funding comes less than two years after… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 12:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, announced on Wednesday it has received approval to issue Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans through its online lending platform. As previously reported, the PPP is part of… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with the developers of the Atomic Asset Exchange (AAX), a Malta-based cryptocurrency trading platform that’s powered by LSEG technology, which is a part of the London Stock Exchange Group. Thor Chan, the CEO at AAX, explained why his company’s exchange platform… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Audit, consulting, tax and advisory services  Deloitte has formed a new partnership with no-code enterprise application platform Unqork to launch a fully-managed small business lending service. According to the duo, this service will enable small business lenders to “streamline” the distribution of loans to small… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock‘s (NASDAQ:OSTK) subsidiary tZERO has added support for the Tezos blockchain. Recently, Tezos has seen renewed interest in its public blockchain specifically from digital securities issuers. tZero is a digital asset platform and the addition of Tezos marks the first blockchain outside of Ethereum supported… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cerebro Capital, a U.S.-based digital commercial loan marketplace, announced on Tuesday it received additional venture capital funding through its latest investment round, which was co-led by Ulu Ventures and Grotech Ventures with participation from Sterling Partners, Inner Loop Capital, and Point Field Partners. Launched in 2017, Cerebro describes itself as… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a European marketplace for property-backed loans to SMEs, is reporting a solid first quarter – even while the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the latter half of the period. EstateGuru claims that 8092 new investors joined the platform during Q1 in contrast to 3927 during… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, Fundrise, a real estate investment platform using Reg A+ to provide access to “eREITs and eFunds”, has hit the pause button on redemptions to “maximize cash reserves and ensure the portfolio is in a position of strength.” The goal is to protect… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prosper, a marketplace lending platform providing consumer credit as well as HELOCs, filed its most recent 10K late last month. At the time, the COVID-19 pandemic in the US was picking up pace. As is typical of these filings for all companies, Prosper included a… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealsquare, securities marketplace for private placements, announced on Monday it has achieved full digitalization of private placement process in Canada by launching its Version 2.0 platform. Founded in 2019, DealSquare describes itself as a centralized digital platform to access capital within the private markets, connecting capital… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

George Cook, the CEO of Honeycomb Credit, is a sixth-generation community banker who started a loan crowdfunding portal to support main street small businesses. A FINRA regulated funding portal, Honeycomb is a debt only seeing an opportunity to supplant bank lending or competing Fintechs that… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending, and borrowing platform, announced on Monday it has reduced its minimum loan request to $1,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Celsius Network reported that it lowered its loan minimum in the wake of the effects that the virus has had on… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, a real estate investment platform that is open to anyone, is launching a new program designed to keep capital flowing for property development flowing during the COVID-19 crisis. According to Groundfloor, the program expects to allow investors to earn an additional 4% interest rate… Read More